Transparent Inflatable Column Film Dome for Nuclear Stations, Stadiums, and Cities

Abstract EN

In a series of previous articles, one of the authors published designs of the AB Dome which can cover a city, important large installations or subregions by a transparent thin film supported by a small additional air overpressure.

The AB Dome keeps the outside atmospheric conditions from the interior protecting a city from chemical, bacterial, and radioactive weapons (wastes).

The design in this article differs from previous one as this design employs an inflatable columns which does not need an additional pressure (overpressure) inside the dome and is cheaper in construction (no powered air pumping station) and in operation (no special entrance airlock and permanent pumping expense).

When dome is supported by columns, no overpressure is required inside the dome which is important when the dome covers a damaged nuclear reactor.

The nuclear reactor may produce radioactive gases and dust, and, as inflatable domes are not typically hermetically sealed, the increased pressure inside the dome can leak out gas and dust into the atmosphere.

The suggested design does not have this drawback.

Positive pressure gradients expel dust particles—neutral pressure gradients will not.

(Negative pressure gradients may even be possible in certain configurations.)